Lough Derg RNLI assists 2 people on a 16ft motorboat with engine failure at Young Island
At 12.58pm on Sunday afternoon 21 May, as volunteers were leaving the station following their morning exercise, Valentia Coast Guard requested Lough Derg RNLI lifeboat to launch to assist 2 people on a 16ft motorboat with engine failure and at anchor at Young Island in Scarriff Bay.
At 1.09pm Lough Derg RNLI lifeboat Jean Spier launched with helm Eleanor Hooker and crew Doireann Kennedy, Chris Parker and Ciara Lynch on board. The wind was northerly Force 2, visibility was good.
At 1.24pm the lifeboat located the casualty vessel at anchor on the eastern shore of Young Island in Scarriff Bay. An RNLI volunteer transferred across to the casualty vessel where the people on board were found to be safe and unharmed and wearing their lifejackets.
Given the location and the weather forecast, the helm made the decision to take the vessel under tow to safe harbour.
Aoife Kennedy, Deputy Launching Authority at Lough Derg RNLI advises boat users ‘to carry a means of communication and if you do find yourself in difficulty dial 112 or 999 and ask for marine rescue’.
